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Old April 15th, 2008, 09:50 PM   #1
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Fluorescent lighting

Simple light test with some cheapo work lights with daylight-balanced flo tubes (couldn't afford Kino flos so made my own). Flicker free and dirt cheap. I gravitating towards daylight balanced lights now because of the number of times I run across mixed lighting...

I also used a pro light with a snoot for hair light in these shots. No sound.

http://www.pinelakefilms.com/flo/taraflo.wmv
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Old April 15th, 2008, 11:36 PM   #2
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Did you use your 35mm adapter on this? I ask because the image is extremely sharp.
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Old April 15th, 2008, 11:39 PM   #3
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No adapter, native XHA1 lens
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Old April 16th, 2008, 02:16 AM   #4
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Hallo Steven

I like the eye light did you use a special lamp for it ?
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Old April 16th, 2008, 08:09 AM   #5
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No, the flos provided the eyelight. This set up is just a key and back light.
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Old April 22nd, 2008, 10:52 AM   #6
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Fantastic! Did you tweek the camera settings to adjust color and contrast at all?

I have been getting nice results with standard work lights using the GE Reveal bulbs and white packing material cliped to the outside to soften.
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Old April 22nd, 2008, 01:26 PM   #7
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No adjustment and I didn't white balance which was probably a mistake. There is a greenish hue on her skin that is a result of flo tubes that are not full spectrum... Wonder if this would have been either lessened or eradicated had I white balanced.....
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Old April 28th, 2008, 03:00 AM   #8
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Wonderful!
Which setting did you use Steven?
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